NHL presser is over. Regular season is done, top 12 teams by winning pts. %. Video is on NHL.com and is 15 minutes long. It's definitely not perfect, far from it as a matter of fact. Top 4 teams in each conference are playing a round robin for seeding, I don't like that and doubt any Bruins fan will either. The WC needs this more than the EC which is why they likely went this route.
The next 8 teams in each conference are seeded to play each other to fill out each of the other 4 slots for each conference. That means every one with a pts. pct. over 50% is in. Most of these match-ups in that seeding pool are meh to me, but it does mean you get a Rangers v. Carolina preliminary which when the season froze sounds pretty damn good. Also somewhat intriguing, is Edmonton v. Chicago if only for the possibility that Edmonton losses that series. Habs vs. Pittsburgh in the preliminary also makes for an interesting catastrophe in the making. More thoughts later after I digest the rest of the match ups. Oh yeah, almost forgot, Buffalo misses the cut and had 2 games in hand on that last spot that Montreal has. Yet another moment angst for the sports fans of Buffalo.